Trucks hand-delivered a resignation letter to City Hall. He wrote that it was related to a long-running dispute over control of the Fairfield Civic Center, which is the subject of a lawsuit.

"Although at every opportunity I have tried to provide full disclosure to all parties involved, it is apparent from this most recent filing (in the case) that serious questions concerning my service to the City exists," Trucks wrote Monday. "Therefore, please consider this letter my resignation as the City Attorney effective as of this date." Trucks declined comment except to say, "I wish everybody in the city the best. I feel they've got excellent people serving as elected officials and I think the city will be very successful as it moves into the future."

The ongoing dispute over who controls the civic center prompted the City Council last year to file suit in the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County Circuit Court against the now-dissolved Fairfield Civic Center Authority. Coachman was a member of the authority. In May, Judge Eugene Verin ruled the city of Fairfield "is entitled to the exclusive possession" of the Civic Center in the city's complaint against the Civic Center Authority.

There is an affidavit by Coachman dated the same day, which states that after Trucks filed the suit "at the behest of certain members" of the council, the city attorney "never brought to my attention what was occurring procedurally with the lawsuit nor did Trucks inform me or this office that the city would be adversely affected. He had a fiduciary duty to keep me informed as the City Attorney."

The City Council responded with a court motion on Tuesday, requesting that the court immediately deny the request. The motion also noted "Mayor Coachman's entire affidavit should be stricken from the record" and that he "has known about these proceedings for some time."

The motion also states that Coachman has no standing in the case because the Civic Center Authority no longer exists.